More people were feared trapped in the debris of the City Light hotel in a suburb of the city of Hyderabad, police officer Anurag Sharma said.

Sharma said rescue operations were continuing at the hotel, which was about 80 years old.

The hotel was located in the Secunderabad suburb of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state.

Few other details about the incident were available.

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Indian rescue workers remove bodies from the rubble at the site of the City Light Hotel building collapse in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on July 8, 2013. A two-storey hotel collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad on July 8, killing five restaurant workers and injuring 15 others, a local police official told AFP. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Indian family members weep at the site of the City Light Hotel building collapse in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on July 8, 2013. A two-storey hotel collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad on July 8, killing five restaurant workers and injuring 15 others, a local police official told AFP. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Indian rescue workers move a victim from the rubble at the site of a City Light Hotel building collapse in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on July 8, 2013, So far eight dead bodies are removed from the collapsed building and many are feared trapped under debris after a 3-storey building collapsed in Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh. According to the police reports the number of deaths not yet confirmed AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Indian rescue workers remove a body from the rubble at the site of the City Light Hotel building collapse in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on July 8, 2013. A two-storey hotel collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad on July 8, killing five restaurant workers and injuring 15 others, a local police official told AFP. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Indian rescue workers move a victim from the rubble at the site of the City Light Hotel building collapse in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on July 8, 2013. A two-storey hotel collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad on July 8, killing five restaurant workers and injuring 15 others, a local police official told AFP. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

An Indian schoolgirl weeps at the site of the City Light Hotel building collapse in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on July 8, 2013. A two-storey hotel collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad on July 8, killing five restaurant workers and injuring 15 others, a local police official told AFP. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)